Twisp

Twisp is a TWitter SPam fighting powershell script that searches through your followers and provides insight into the most likely spam candidates. Download it from my blog here.

Source is available here.

So what does it do?

Twisp first gathers a list of all your twitter friends and compares it to a list of people who follow you. Anyone who follows you (who you aren't friends with) goes into a list of potential spammers.

This list is further refined by comparing:

• How many friends do the potential spammers have to how young the account is.
(If the account is only a few days old, but they already have friended 500 people, they're probably spammers)

• The ratio of their friends to their followers and the total number of their friends
(If they are only followed by a quarter (or less) of the number they friended, they're probably spammers)

• Their bio to keywords such as "media expert" and "SEO"

The index of spamitude is calculated, then displayed next to the potential spammer's name in a simple GUI. Use the checkboxes to select multiple users, then either click Block to simply block the users, or Report which will first send a Direct Message to @spam with the spammers usernames (thereby reporting the users) before blocking the users.

Note: The Blocking feature requires that you are a follower of @spam and can send Direct Messages to @spam.

Features Yet to Implement

• Ability to use custom keywords for the bio check
• The ability to lower (or disable) the minimum level of spamitude filter
• ???

Requirements

• Willingness to deal with a potentially buggy script
• Ability to offer constructive criticism
• Powershell v2 (Available here)
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7

Screenshot

Watch this space for more details/the script once it gets finalized.